Self Portraits and Portraits part 1

Tip #1 -Get Closer- The most common mistake made by photographers is that they are not physically close enough to their subjects.

Tip #2 - Play With Backgrounds

The person in your portrait is the main point of interest – however sometimes when you place them into different contexts with different backgrounds you can dramatically alter the mood in a shot.

Tip # 3- Fill the Frame

One way to ensure that your subject captures the attention of the viewer of your portrait is to fill the frame with their face.

It’s not something that you’d do in every shot that you take – but if your subject is the only feature in the shot – there’s really nowhere else to look.

Environmental portrait

I picked this as I like the way this photo was shot, the angle of the man sitting on the front of the boat makes him appear very close adding depth to the photo.

I picked this photo as I like the lighting in the picture and the contrast of the beauty of the ballerina against the falling apart building.

Photography self portrait

I chose this photo as it shows the use of filling the frame done well. I like the way it details her face.

I like the unique use of the self portrait being in the camera lens itself, this is very creative.

Casual Portrait

I like the natural outside lighting and that the child was photographed just being himself and not posed.

I like the lighting in these and the natural tones and just catching people being themselves.

For my portrait shoot I plan to shoot my youngest sister either in my yard or in the Circle C park. I plan to shoot at Golden Hour so as to use the natural lighting of the sun as it is starting to lower in the sky. I will work with just one person so that it is not a complicated shoot of getting more people to cooperate.